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The Influence of Epinephrine and Phenylephrine on Intraocular Pressure
PEI-FEI LEE, M.D.
AMA Arch Ophthalmol. 1958;60(5):863-867.
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The use of epinephrine and phenylephrine in the management of open-angle glaucoma is well known to ophthalmologists. Reports of clinical investigations on the influence of epinephrine and phenlyephrine on the intraocular pressure have frequently appeared in the international literature.1-5 Thus far, none of these reports have mentioned that a significant rise in intraocular pressure could occur in open-angle glaucoma after the topical application of epinephrine or phenylephrine. We have found three patients in whom the pressure actually rose although the angles remained wide and open. The purpose of this paper is to present information concerning the various effects (on intraocular pressure, facility of aqueous outflow, and rate of flow) of epinephrine and phenylephrine topically applied to glaucomatous and to normal eyes.
Procedures and Materials
The effects of epinephrine and phenylephrine individually were examined in 19 patients. Twelve had open-angle glaucoma, and seven were normal controls. Seven of the twelve
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Author Affiliations
Boston
From the Glaucoma Consultation Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.
Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 6, 1958.
This investigation was supported by Research Grant B-218 from the Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness of the National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service.
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